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ODE: The student-run basketball team supporting teamwork and passion for the...
A group of Los Altos High School sophomores created their own basketball team, Over Defense Elite (ODE), after recognizing major issues in club basketball, regaining the sport’s enjoyment and teamwork....
View ArticleRecapping varsity boys golf season
After cherishing a season of new memories and growing team chemistry, the Los Altos High School varsity boys golf team finished its 2024 season tied for third place in the De Anza league. The Eagles...
View ArticleNewly founded: The Israeli Culture Club shows representation and unity for...
Israeli students at Los Altos High School created the Israeli Culture Club (ICC) this year to represent Israeli culture. While the Jewish Student Union (JSU) is a well established home for many Jewish...
View ArticleIndian Student Association election results for the upcoming 2024-25 school year
As the school year comes to an end, the Indian Student Association (ISA) finished off their year by revealing their officers for the upcoming 2024-25 school year on Tuesday, May 28. Ayana Modi and...
View ArticleLatino Student Union election results for the upcoming 2024-25 school year
Prospective candidates presented their qualifications at the Latino Student Union (LSU) meeting on Friday, May 24. Each student running for an officer position in the upcoming 2024-25 school year gave...
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GSA hosts second annual pride gala
This year, the celebration for Pride Month at Los Altos High School was kicked off at the Gender Sexuality Awareness club (GSA) Pride Gala. Held last Friday, May 31, the event’s theme was “Fantasy” —...
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Junior Henry Heit splashes into UC Santa Barbara commitment
In the pool, junior Henry Heit has seen all sorts of success, from being the Los Altos High School varsity boys swim team’s co-MVP for three years in a row to ranking 19th in the state for his...
View ArticleVideo: ASI Symposium
On Thursday, May 23rd, LAHS Advanced Science Investigation researchers hosted their annual ASI symposium. The Talon interviewed rising and current ASI students to discuss the significance of their...
View ArticleBuena Vista Youth Scholars Club bridges educational gaps with tutoring services
For the past five years, volunteers of the Buena Vista Youth Scholars (BVYS) Club have provided a tutor system to foster educational confidence for kids in the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park. “Our big...
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Six school records add to swim team’s best CCS and State showings in over a...
The LAHS varsity swim team made its strongest showing at the CCS finals in over a decade, with the boys team finishing in fourth and the girls in tenth. Even with a torrential downpour, the Eagles...
View ArticleOpinion: The violent pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses are not...
In the past couple of weeks, protests regarding the Israel-Hamas war spread across U.S. college campuses. These protesters claim to be freedom fighters, taking a disproportionate advantage of their...
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How the ASB voting system works: an insight into ranked choice voting
This April, when you opened up the google form to vote for your student body, did you wonder why you had to rank all the candidates? At Los Altos High School, the Associated Student Body (ASB)...
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Los Altos Hacks hosts their annual hackathon
Los Altos High School students hosted the annual Los Altos Hacks hackathon on Sunday, April 7. Groups of students had a day to code a website, which was then judged by a number of professional coders....
View ArticleTaylor Swift’s Pen is Running Dry in “The Tortured Poets...
Taylor Swift grapples to convey how she is an all-powerful icon and a defenseless victim at the same time in The Tortured Poets Department, her 11th studio album. As a historical enjoyer of several of...
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The Talon’s 2024 second semester diversity audit
Editor’s note: This semester, The Talon included Journalism One students in our publications. 28 Journalism One students joined Talon’s staff of 23, causing a 122 percent increase in staff size and...
View ArticleNathaniel Guillory: Shattering a record and leaving legacies
Senior Nathaniel Guillory is Los Altos High School’s two-time CCS champion, a State’s third-place finisher, and a school record-holder in the 200-meter dash. But it wasn’t due to sheer talent or a...
View ArticleMeet 2024 graduation speaker Aarthi Venkatraman
For senior Aarthi Venkatraman, in this year’s graduation speech, she plans to keep things real with the rest of the senior class of 2024. Aarthi identified a common pitfall among typical graduation...
View ArticleMeet 2024 graduation speaker Sam Cousins
From facilitating Broken Box rehearsals to attending city council meetings discussing urban planning, Sam Cousins keeps one fact straight: He isn’t afraid to question. “Sam is plentiful with the...
View ArticleAVID: Leading Students Towards a Brighter, Unknown and Empowering Future
Los Altos High School’s Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program is a four-year elective that prepares students, particularly first-generation students, for college and helps them...
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